In Situ Ruthenium Catalyst Modification for the Conversion of Furfural to 1,2-Pentanediol

Lauriane Bruna; Miquel Cardona-Farreny; Vincent Colliere; Karine Philippot; M Rosa Axet

doi:10.3390/nano12030328

In Situ Ruthenium Catalyst Modification for the Conversion of Furfural to 1,2-Pentanediol

Nanomaterials (Basel). 2022 Jan 20;12(3):328. doi: 10.3390/nano12030328.

Authors

Lauriane Bruna¹, Miquel Cardona-Farreny¹, Vincent Colliere¹, Karine Philippot¹, M Rosa Axet¹

Affiliation

¹ CNRS, LCC (Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination), Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, 205 Route de Narbonne, CEDEX 04, 31077 Toulouse, France.

Abstract

Exploiting biomass to synthesise compounds that may replace fossil-based ones is of high interest in order to reduce dependence on non-renewable resources. 1,2-pentanediol and 1,5-pentanediol can be produced from furfural, furfuryl alcohol or tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol following a metal catalysed hydrogenation/C-O cleavage procedure. Colloidal ruthenium nanoparticles stabilized with polyvinylpyrrolidone in situ modified with different organic compounds are able to produce 1,2-pentanediol directly from furfural in a 36% of selectivity at 125 °C under 20 bar of H₂ pressure.

Keywords: biomass; furfural; nanocatalysis; pentanediol; ruthenium.